US10697702B2 - Treatment installation and method for treating workpieces - Google Patents

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US10697702B2
US10697702B2 US15/749,064 US201615749064A US10697702B2 US 10697702 B2 US10697702 B2 US 10697702B2 US 201615749064 A US201615749064 A US 201615749064A US 10697702 B2 US10697702 B2 US 10697702B2
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  • the present invention relates to a treatment installation and a method for treating workpieces.
  • a treatment installation serves to dry coated vehicle bodies.
  • the method for treating workpieces is thus in particular a method for drying coated vehicle bodies.
  • Treatment installations and treatment methods are known in particular from EP 1 998 129 B1, US 2006/0068094 A1, EP 1 302 737 A2 and WO 02/073109 A1.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a treatment installation that is of simple construction and enables optimised workpiece treatment.
  • this object is achieved by a treatment installation for treating workpieces, for example for drying coated vehicle bodies, wherein the treatment installation includes a treatment chamber and a conveying device, by means of which the workpieces are suppliable to the treatment chamber, are removable from the treatment chamber, and/or are conveyable through the treatment chamber in a conveying direction.
  • the workpieces may be receivable by means of the conveying device and to be conveyable through the treatment chamber, at least in certain regions, such that a longitudinal direction of the workpieces is oriented at least approximately horizontally and/or transversely, in particular substantially perpendicular, to the conveying direction.
  • the workpieces may be receivable by means of the conveying device and to be conveyable through the treatment chamber, at least in certain regions, such that a longitudinal direction of the workpieces is oriented at least approximately horizontally and/or forms an angle of at least approximately 90° with the conveying direction.
  • the terms “at least approximately” and “approximately” should be understood to mean preferably a deviation of at most +/ ⁇ 20%, for example at most +/ ⁇ 10%, in particular at most +/ ⁇ 5%, from the stated value.
  • the treatment installation includes at least one inlet opening for supplying gas to the treatment chamber and at least one outlet opening for removing gas from the treatment chamber, which are preferably arranged on mutually opposing sides of the workpiece.
  • At least one inlet opening and/or at least one outlet opening may be arranged and/or formed for example in a wall that delimits the treatment chamber.
  • At least one inlet opening and/or at least one outlet opening may be formed by an end region of a flow guide that opens into the treatment chamber.
  • a flow guide of this kind may for example include one or more flow diverting elements or flow guiding elements and/or a guide duct.
  • a region of the flow guide that forms the at least one inlet opening and/or the at least one outlet opening serves to discharge at least a large part of the supplied gas stream to the treatment chamber and/or to guide out at least a large part of the gas stream that is guided out of the treatment chamber, in particular regardless of whether or not, before the gas stream is supplied to the treatment chamber and/or after it has been removed from the treatment chamber, it is still guided in certain regions within an internal contour of the housing surrounding the treatment chamber and/or within the treatment chamber.
  • the at least one inlet opening on the one hand and the at least one outlet opening on the other are arranged on mutually different sides of a vertical workpiece transverse centre plane.
  • a vertical workpiece transverse centre plane is in particular a plane that is oriented perpendicular to a workpiece longitudinal direction and runs through the centre of gravity and/or a centre point of the workpiece that is central in relation to a workpiece longitudinal direction.
  • inlet openings on the one hand and all the outlet openings on the other are arranged on mutually different sides of a vertical workpiece transverse centre plane.
  • at least one inlet opening and at least one outlet opening may be arranged at a distance from one another that is at least approximately 60%, in particular at least approximately 80%, for example at least approximately 100%, of a total length of the workpiece, as seen in a workpiece longitudinal direction.
  • the at least one inlet opening and the at least one outlet opening are arranged offset in relation to the conveying direction.
  • the at least one inlet opening and the at least one outlet opening are preferably associated with a holding position of a workpiece in which the workpiece remains at least temporarily.
  • a gas flow with a vector component in the conveying direction can be achieved.
  • it may be provided for a gas stream to flow in the conveying direction through a workpiece that is in the holding position.
  • the treatment installation may include at least one inlet opening for supplying gas to the treatment chamber and at least one outlet opening for removing gas from the treatment chamber, wherein the at least one inlet opening on the one hand and the at least one outlet opening on the other are arranged on different sides of the treatment chamber in relation to a vertical longitudinal centre plane of the treatment chamber.
  • the vertical longitudinal centre plane is preferably a plane that is arranged centrally in relation to a maximum or average horizontal transverse extent of the treatment chamber.
  • the vertical longitudinal centre plane in particular runs parallel to the conveying direction.
  • the transverse extent is in particular an extent in a direction running perpendicular to the conveying direction.
  • the treatment installation includes one or more inlet openings for supplying gas to the treatment chamber and/or one or more outlet openings for removing gas from the treatment chamber.
  • the one or more, in particular all, of the inlet openings are arranged in one of two semi-chambers of the treatment chamber that are divided by a longitudinal centre plane that runs vertically, horizontally or obliquely thereto.
  • the one or more, in particular all, of the outlet openings may be arranged in one of the two semi-chambers of the treatment chamber that are divided by the longitudinal centre plane that runs vertically, horizontally or obliquely thereto.
  • the one or more, in particular all, of the inlet openings may be arranged in a first semi-chamber and the one or more, in particular all, of the outlet openings to be arranged in a further, in particular second, one of the two semi-chambers.
  • inlet openings and/or the outlet openings in each case preferably in only one of two semi-chambers of the treatment chamber, it is possible in particular to supply gas on one side and/or to remove gas on one side.
  • the treatment installation includes a plurality of inlet openings for supplying gas to the treatment chamber and a plurality of outlet openings for removing gas from the treatment chamber, wherein the inlet openings on the one hand and the outlet openings on the other are preferably arranged at least approximately opposite one another in relation to a diagonal plane, wherein the diagonal plane extends parallel to the conveying direction and substantially diagonally through the treatment chamber.
  • the diagonal plane forms an angle of at least approximately 40°, for example approximately 45°, and/or at most approximately 50° with the direction of gravity.
  • the treatment installation may include a plurality of inlet openings for supplying gas to the treatment chamber and a plurality of outlet openings for removing gas from the treatment chamber, wherein the inlet openings and the outlet openings are arranged such that gas is flowable through the treatment chamber transversely, in particular substantially perpendicular, to the conveying direction and/or at least approximately diagonally.
  • the treatment installation preferably includes at least one circulating air module.
  • a plurality of circulating air modules of the treatment installation may be provided.
  • a circulating air module in particular each circulating air module, preferably includes the following:
  • a gas supply for supplying gas to the treatment chamber
  • a gas removal arrangement for removing gas from the treatment chamber
  • a fan device for driving a circulating air gas stream
  • a separation device for separating contaminants out of the circulating air gas stream
  • a distributor device for distributing the circulating air gas stream that is to be supplied to the treatment chamber over a plurality of inlet openings of the gas supply;
  • a collecting device by means of which the circulating air gas stream that is removed from the treatment chamber through a plurality of outlet openings of the gas removal arrangement is mergeable.
  • the treatment installation includes a plurality of circulating air modules that succeed one another in the conveying direction.
  • Each circulating air module preferably forms a section, in particular a complete section, of the treatment installation.
  • a circulating air module includes a circulating air device that is dockable onto a housing that surrounds the treatment chamber.
  • a circulating air module in particular includes a section of the housing that surrounds the treatment chamber, and a circulating air device.
  • circulating air does not necessarily refer to the gas “air”. Rather, the term “circulating air” preferably designates a gas that is guided in a circuit and is in particular processed and/or re-used a plurality of times.
  • connection ducts are provided between the circulating air device and the housing that surrounds the treatment chamber.
  • the circulating air device and the housing that surrounds the treatment chamber preferably have a common wall.
  • a gas stream is preferably guidable from the circulating air device and into the treatment chamber through an opening or recess in the common wall.
  • the gas supply or gas removal arrangement may be a constituent part of the circulating air device or alternatively of the housing that surrounds the treatment chamber. Accordingly, the opening in the common wall is suitable for supplying gas to the gas supply or alternatively for supplying gas to the treatment chamber.
  • the treatment installation preferably includes at least one flushing module.
  • a plurality of flushing modules of the treatment installation may be provided.
  • a flushing module in particular each flushing module, preferably includes the following:
  • a gas supply for supplying gas to the treatment chamber
  • a gas removal arrangement for removing gas from the treatment chamber
  • a fan device for driving a flushing gas stream
  • a separation device for separating contaminants out of the flushing gas stream
  • a distributor device for distributing the flushing gas stream that is to be supplied to the treatment chamber over a plurality of inlet openings of the gas supply;
  • a collecting device by means of which the flushing gas stream that is removed from the treatment chamber through a plurality of outlet openings of the gas removal arrangement is mergeable.
  • the treatment installation includes a plurality of flushing modules that succeed one another in the conveying direction.
  • Each flushing module preferably forms a section, in particular a complete section, of the treatment installation.
  • a flushing module includes a flushing gas device that is dockable onto a housing that surrounds the treatment chamber.
  • a flushing module in particular includes a section of the housing that surrounds the treatment chamber, and a flushing gas device.
  • connection ducts are provided between the flushing gas device and the housing that surrounds the treatment chamber.
  • the flushing gas device and the housing that surrounds the treatment chamber preferably have a common wall.
  • a gas stream is preferably guidable from the flushing gas device and into the treatment chamber through an opening or recess in the common wall.
  • the gas supply or gas removal arrangement may be a constituent part of the flushing gas device or alternatively of the housing that surrounds the treatment chamber. Accordingly, the opening in the common wall is suitable for supplying gas to the gas supply or alternatively for supplying gas to the treatment chamber.
  • One or more circulating air modules or all the circulating air modules of the treatment installation and/or one or more flushing modules or all the flushing modules of the treatment installation may have individual or a plurality of or all the features and/or advantages that are described in conjunction with one module.
  • One or more modules or all the modules of the treatment installation preferably each include one or more transport units or are each formed from one or more transport units.
  • a transport unit is in particular a transportable unit that may be transported from one location to another location as a whole and/or without further subdivision or further dismantling into constituent parts of the transport unit.
  • a transport unit is transportable as a whole by a heavy goods vehicle for receiving standard containers, ISO containers or maritime freight containers.
  • modules or all the modules each to include a plurality of transport units, for example three transport units, that together form or surround a treatment chamber section of the module.
  • transport units for example three transport units, that together form or surround a treatment chamber section of the module.
  • a device in particular a circulating air device and/or a flushing gas device.
  • a device in particular a circulating air device and/or a flushing gas device, to be associated with only one transport unit of a module.
  • a device in particular a circulating air device and/or a flushing gas device, to be associated with only one transport unit, for example a centrally arranged transport unit, of three transport units of a module that together form or surround a treatment chamber section of the module.
  • one or more annular gas flows are producible for example in only this transport unit.
  • a device in particular a circulating air device and/or a flushing gas device, preferably forms a further transport unit of the module.
  • a longitudinal extent of a device, in particular of a circulating air device and/or a flushing gas device, in the conveying direction corresponds at least approximately to a longitudinal extent of a transport unit in the conveying direction.
  • the transport units in each case a plurality of processing cycles and/or in each case a plurality of processing positions (workpiece stations) for processing workpieces.
  • processing positions workpiece stations
  • the transport units there are then preferably in each case a plurality of holding positions in which the workpieces are stopped one after the other in order to perform one or more treatment procedures.
  • the distributor device is preferably separated from the treatment chamber by means of a dividing wall.
  • the distributor device is arranged and/or formed entirely on one side of the treatment chamber.
  • the dividing wall forms or is in particular a side wall of the treatment chamber or a section of a side wall of the treatment chamber.
  • One or more inlet openings are preferably made in the dividing wall.
  • the dividing wall is preferably arranged within the housing that surrounds the treatment chamber.
  • the distributor device is in that case preferably a constituent part of the housing that surrounds the treatment chamber.
  • the dividing wall may be in particular a common wall between the circulating air device or the flushing gas device on the one hand and the housing that surrounds the treatment chamber on the other.
  • At least one inlet opening arranged in a dividing wall it may be provided for at least one inlet opening to be arranged in a base wall of the housing that surrounds the treatment chamber and/or in a top wall of the housing that surrounds the treatment chamber.
  • the dividing wall is formed to follow a workpiece contour, for example a workpiece longitudinal contour, at least in certain regions.
  • the treatment installation is a treatment installation for treating vehicle bodies and the dividing wall includes a substantially vertical section that runs at least approximately parallel to a vehicle front or a vehicle rear of a vehicle body, a substantially horizontal section that runs at least approximately parallel to a front hood or rear hood of the vehicle body, and/or an oblique section that runs at least approximately parallel to A pillars or C pillars of the vehicle body.
  • the dividing wall includes a plurality of inlet openings in the substantially vertical section that runs at least approximately parallel to a vehicle front or a vehicle rear of a vehicle body and/or a plurality of inlet openings in the oblique section that runs at least approximately parallel to A pillars or C pillars of the vehicle body.
  • the treatment installation in particular the treatment chamber, is preferably adapted to an external shape of a vertical longitudinal section of the workpieces, and in particular takes a form that at least approximately complements an external shape of a vertical longitudinal section of the workpieces.
  • one or both side walls of the treatment chamber are adapted to an external shape of a vertical longitudinal section of the workpieces, and in particular take a form that at least approximately complements an external shape of a vertical longitudinal section of the workpieces.
  • An external shape of a vertical longitudinal section is in particular a maximum external contour of the workpieces when the workpieces are seen in section along a vertical longitudinal centre plane.
  • the treatment installation includes a plurality of flushing modules and/or a plurality of circulating air modules, wherein each circulating air module preferably forms a heating zone and/or a holding zone and/or a cooling zone of the treatment chamber.
  • the treatment installation has a plurality of modules, in particular circulating air modules and/or flushing modules, that succeed one another in the conveying direction.
  • the collecting device may include a return duct by means of which the circulating air gas stream or flushing gas stream removed from the treatment chamber through a plurality of outlet openings is guidable to the fan device, the separation device and/or the distributor device.
  • the treatment installation in particular one or more circulating air modules or each circulating air module of the treatment installation, includes one or more return ducts that each connect one or more outlet openings, through which a gas stream, in particular a circulating air gas stream and/or a flushing gas stream, is removable from the treatment chamber, to a respective one or more inlet openings for supplying the circulating air gas stream and/or a flushing gas stream to the treatment chamber.
  • a gas stream in particular a circulating air gas stream and/or a flushing gas stream
  • the return ducts are preferably mutually independent return ducts.
  • one or more circulating air modules or all the circulating air modules each include a plurality of mutually independent return ducts.
  • the return ducts preferably run or extend at least approximately along planes that are oriented perpendicular to the conveying direction.
  • annular gas flow is preferably produced within a circulating air module, and this annular gas flow preferably extends at least approximately along a plane that is oriented perpendicular to the conveying direction.
  • a plurality of annular gas flows that are substantially mutually independent and/or run parallel to one another.
  • a fan device is associated with a plurality of return ducts and/or annular gas flows.
  • one or more circulating air modules or each circulating air module of the treatment installation each include(s) a fan device and a plurality of return ducts and/or annular gas flows associated with this fan device.
  • one or more circulating air modules or each circulating air module of the treatment installation may include a plurality of fan devices and a plurality of return ducts and/or annular gas flows, wherein a separate fan device is associated with each return duct and/or each annular gas flow.
  • One or more fan devices preferably each include a rotating impeller that is in particular a ventilator element having air blades.
  • An axis of rotation of the impeller is preferably oriented at least approximately parallel or at least approximately perpendicular to the conveying direction.
  • an axis of rotation of the impeller may be oriented at least approximately horizontally or at least approximately vertically.
  • a main flow direction of a gas stream, in particular an annular gas stream, in one or more return ducts is preferably oriented at least approximately perpendicular to the conveying direction and/or at least approximately horizontally.
  • one or more circulating air modules or each circulating air module of the treatment installation may each include one or more inlet openings, one or more outlet openings and/or one or more return ducts, wherein the one or more inlet openings, the one or more outlet openings and/or the one or more return ducts are arranged in common on one side of a diagonal plane that diagonally divides the treatment chamber and/or the treatment installation.
  • the one or more inlet openings, one or more outlet openings and/or one or more return ducts may be arranged in common below or above a diagonal plane that diagonally divides the treatment chamber and/or the treatment installation.
  • One of the two side walls of the treatment chamber is preferably formed by a dividing wall that separates a distributor device from the treatment chamber.
  • the line of intersection or boundary line between the first side wall of the treatment chamber and the top wall of the treatment chamber on the one hand and the line of intersection or boundary line between the second side wall of the treatment chamber and the base wall of the treatment chamber on the other have a distance from each other in the horizontal direction, wherein this distance is at least approximately 40%, in particular at least approximately 60%, for example at least approximately 80%, of a total width of the treatment chamber in a transverse direction as seen horizontally and perpendicular to the conveying direction.
  • one or more circulating air modules or each circulating air module of the treatment installation includes variably sizeable and/or differently sized and/or adjustable and/or regulable outlet openings, inlet openings and/or return ducts.
  • the outlet openings, the inlet openings and/or the return ducts are preferably variably sizeable and/or of different sizes and/or adjustable and/or regulable in relation to a cross section of flow.
  • a direction of flow, a flow rate and/or a volumetric flow of the gas stream that is guided through the treatment chamber is locally influenceable or influenced by means of the outlet openings, the inlet openings and/or the return ducts, for example for removal of gas by suction and/or supply of gas at a particular point.
  • an outlet opening that is arranged below the workpiece to have a cross section of flow that is reduced by comparison with an associated inlet opening, with the result that a flow rate below the workpiece is increased.
  • one or more outlet openings that are arranged below the workpiece to be arranged offset in the direction of the workpiece, starting from a base wall or side wall of the treatment chamber.
  • one or more guide ducts may be provided that project into the treatment chamber from the base wall or side wall and in particular enable gas close to the workpiece to be removed.
  • one or more outlet openings that are arranged below the workpiece to be arranged offset at least approximately vertically upwards in the direction of the workpiece, starting from a base wall of the treatment chamber.
  • one or more guide ducts may be provided that project upwards into the treatment chamber from the base wall and in particular enable gas close to the workpiece to be removed.
  • One or more openings in the one or more guide ducts are arranged facing away from the base wall or side wall, preferably form the one or more outlet openings.
  • the treatment installation preferably includes a gas supply by means of which a gas stream is directable into an interior of a workpiece.
  • a stream that is designated in general as a “gas stream” may in particular be a circulating air gas stream, a flushing gas stream, an inert gas stream, etc.
  • the treatment installation may include at least one gas supply that includes at least one inlet opening by means of which a gas stream is directable into an interior of the workpiece at least approximately perpendicular to an entry plane of an entry opening in a workpiece.
  • the entry opening is in particular an opening in which, in the assembled condition of a workpiece that takes the form of a motor vehicle, a front screen (windscreen) or rear screen is arranged.
  • the entry plane is in particular a plane on which a border of the entry opening extends.
  • the entry plane is a plane in which three or more points that are furthest from the inlet opening, in particular corner points, of the border are arranged.
  • the border and the entry plane preferably have a common plane of symmetry.
  • a gas stream in particular a hot gas stream, a flushing gas stream and/or a cooling gas stream, is directed through an entry opening in a workpiece and into an interior of the workpiece, wherein a proportion of a volumetric flow of the gas stream that is directed into the interior of the workpiece through the entry opening represents at least approximately 50%, preferably at least approximately 75%, of a volumetric flow of a total gas stream that is directed onto and/or into the workpiece.
  • the treatment installation may include a gas removal arrangement by means of which a gas stream on a side of the workpiece facing away from a b arrangement is removable from the treatment chamber.
  • the treatment installation may include at least one inlet opening, for supplying gas to the treatment chamber, and at least one outlet opening, for removing gas from the treatment chamber, which are arranged on mutually opposing sides of the workpiece, wherein preferably flow through the treatment chamber is provided such that at least 70%, preferably at least 90%, of the gas flowing in through this at least one inlet opening is removable from the treatment chamber through this at least one outlet opening.
  • the at least one inlet opening and the at least one outlet opening are preferably arranged offset from one another in relation to a workpiece longitudinal direction.
  • the workpiece longitudinal direction and the conveying direction may be oriented for example parallel or transversely, in particular perpendicular, to one another.
  • the at least one inlet opening is arranged in a front region of a workpiece or in a rear region of a workpiece, while the at least one outlet opening is preferably arranged respectively in a rear region or a front region of the workpiece.
  • the treatment installation includes at least one outlet opening, for removing gas from the treatment chamber, that is arranged in a base wall or side wall or top wall that delimits the treatment chamber.
  • the treatment chamber is preferably arranged in a housing (casing).
  • the treatment chamber is delimited by a base wall, a side wall, a further side wall or dividing wall and/or a top wall of the housing.
  • drying of the workpiece should be understood to mean in particular converting a coating that has been applied to the workpiece from a condition directly after application of the coating to a condition in which the coating is stable over the long term.
  • drying of the workpiece is removal of solvent, curing of the applied coating, solidification of the applied coating, etc.
  • the treatment installation includes a plurality of modules, in particular circulating air modules and/or flushing modules, that are coupled, in particular supplied, by means of a common energy module.
  • the energy module is in particular a so-called power module.
  • the conveying device may include a rotation device by means of which a rotational orientation of the workpieces about a vertical axis of rotation is variable.
  • a vertical axis of rotation is in particular an axis oriented parallel to the direction of gravity.
  • a rotational orientation of the workpieces can preferably be varied such that the workpieces are conveyable in a more bulky first rotational orientation and are then movable into a less bulky second rotational orientation in order to be guided through a constriction point.
  • a constriction point of this kind may in particular be a lock.
  • the respective workpiece may be moved into the more bulky first rotational orientation again, preferably by means of a further rotation device.
  • a more bulky first rotational orientation is in particular a rotational orientation of a workpiece that takes the form of a vehicle body such that a workpiece longitudinal axis is oriented perpendicular to the conveying direction.
  • a less bulky second rotational orientation is in particular a rotational orientation of a workpiece that takes the form of a vehicle body such that the workpiece longitudinal axis is oriented parallel to the conveying direction.
  • a change in the rotational orientation may for example be provided by means of one or more rotation devices such that a rotation by 90° is performed once or twice or more than twice.
  • the conveying device includes a lifting device by means of which the workpieces are liftable from a first level to a second level and/or are lowerable from the second level to the first level.
  • the conveying device may include a transfer device by means of which the workpieces are transferable from one partial conveying line to a further partial conveying line, wherein the conveying directions in the two partial conveying lines are different from one another, and wherein a global rotational orientation of the workpieces in relation to the treatment installation is identical in both partial conveying lines.
  • a local rotational orientation preferably varies in relation to the respective conveying direction in the partial conveying lines.
  • a conveying direction that is rotated by 90° may be provided while maintaining a global rotational orientation in relation to the treatment installation.
  • a lock may be passed through in a workpiece longitudinal direction in order to enable the width of a lock to be small.
  • the actual conveying, in particular through a treatment chamber, is preferably performed transversely, in particular perpendicular, to the workpiece longitudinal direction.
  • the conveying device may include a rotation device, by means of which a rotational orientation of the workpieces about a vertical axis of rotation is variable, and a lifting device, by means of which the workpieces are liftable from a first level to a second level and/or are lowerable from the second level to the first level, wherein the rotation device and the lifting device take the form of an integrated handling device for handling the workpieces between two partial conveying lines.
  • the handling device it is thus possible to perform a rotation and/or a lifting or lowering of individual or a plurality of workpieces at the same time or alternatively successively.
  • the workpieces are preferably conveyable along a plurality of partial conveying lines by means of the conveying device, wherein the partial conveying lines preferably together form an overall conveying line.
  • At least two partial conveying lines are preferably connected to one another by means of a lifting device and/or a rotation device and/or a transfer device.
  • the present invention further relates to a method for treating workpieces, for example for drying coated vehicle bodies.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a method by means of which an optimised workpiece treatment is performable.
  • this object is achieved by a method for treating workpieces, for example for drying coated vehicle bodies, wherein the method includes the following:
  • the method has individual or a plurality of the features and/or advantages described in conjunction with the treatment installation.
  • the treatment installation preferably has individual or a plurality of the features and/or advantages described in conjunction with the method.
  • the workpieces are conveyed through the treatment chamber, at least in certain regions, by means of a conveying device such that a longitudinal direction of the workpieces is oriented transversely, in particular substantially perpendicular, to the conveying direction.
  • gas is supplied to the treatment chamber by means of at least one inlet opening and gas is removed from the treatment chamber by means of at least one outlet opening, wherein the supply on the one hand and the removal on the other are preferably performed on mutually different sides of a vertical workpiece transverse centre plane and/or a diagonal plane.
  • the workpieces are preferably conveyed through the treatment chamber discontinuously and/or in clocked manner.
  • the workpieces are stopped at one or more holding positions and a gas stream flows, in particular flushes, through them there.
  • the workpieces may be positioned at one or more holding positions in a predetermined relative position in relation to one or more inlet openings and/or one or more outlet openings in order in particular to enable a gas stream to flow through the workpieces in a targeted manner.
  • gas supply to the treatment chamber and/or gas removal from the treatment chamber is performed continuously, in particular independently of a preferably discontinuous and/or clocked conveying of the workpieces.
  • a desired flow through the one or more workpieces may preferably be enabled, in particular without any risk of local overheating of the respective workpiece, despite the continuous gas stream.
  • gas supply to the treatment chamber and/or gas removal from the treatment chamber may also be provided for gas supply to the treatment chamber and/or gas removal from the treatment chamber to be performed discontinuously and/or in clocked manner, in which case conveying of the workpieces is then performed preferably continuously or discontinuously and/or in clocked manner.
  • a volumetric flow of the gas stream guided through the treatment chamber may be reduced and/or interrupted if one or more workpieces are moved and/or arranged in intermediate positions, in particular in undesired intermediate positions.
  • a volumetric flow of the gas stream guided through the treatment chamber may be reduced and/or interrupted if one or more workpieces are moved and/or arranged in intermediate positions, in particular in undesired intermediate positions.
  • an optimised workpiece temperature control is achieved.
  • undesired turbulence can be reduced or entirely avoided, in particular in order to minimise or entirely prevent dust or other contaminants from being whirled up.
  • An intermediate position is for example a position of the workpiece within the treatment chamber that is between two successive treatment positions of the workpiece.
  • An intermediate position is in particular a position of the workpiece within the treatment chamber in which a regular and/or non-reduced supply of the gas stream would result in an undesired local overheating or cooling of the workpiece.
  • an intermediate position is a position of the workpieces in which a gas stream that is directed into the treatment chamber flows onto A pillars or C pillars of the workpieces or past the workpieces, instead of into an interior of the workpieces.
  • a gas stream flows, in particular flushes, through the workpieces at least in certain regions or at least partly in a workpiece longitudinal direction.
  • the gas stream may be in particular a heating gas stream for heating the workpieces and/or a flushing gas stream for flushing through the workpieces, in particular for removing solvent, and/or a cooling gas stream for cooling the workpieces.
  • gas stream flowing through the treatment chamber it may be provided for a partial gas stream, which flows through the workpieces, to flow into an interior of the respective workpiece through one or more entry openings and to flow out of the interior through one or more exit openings.
  • An entry opening is for example an opening for receiving a windscreen.
  • a plurality of exit openings are then for example openings for rear side windows and/or rear windows and/or an opening for receiving a rear screen.
  • an entry opening is for example an opening for receiving a rear screen.
  • a plurality of exit openings are then for example openings for front side windows and/or an opening for receiving a windscreen.
  • the treatment chamber may include at least one heating section in which the workpieces are heatable and/or are maintainable at a temperature higher than an ambient temperature.
  • ambient temperature should be understood to mean in particular a temperature in the environment around the treatment installation, for example a temperature in the factory, in particular approximately 10° C. to 40° C. or approximately 20° C. to 25° C.
  • the treatment installation includes a flushing device for flushing a gas stream through a flushing section of the treatment chamber.
  • the gas stream is for example a fresh air stream and/or an exhaust gas stream from a cooling section and/or a heating section and/or an exhaust gas stream from a lock (isolating gas stream) of the treatment installation.
  • a fresh air stream is a gas stream of fresh air.
  • Fresh air is in particular factory air in a factory in which the treatment installation is arranged, and/or outside air or ambient air from an environment around the treatment installation and/or the factory in which the treatment installation is arranged.
  • a gas stream may be guided through the treatment chamber multiple times, in particular to be supplied successively to different sections of the treatment chamber.
  • a gas stream may be taken from a cooling zone and/or heating zone and/or holding zone of the treatment chamber and supplied to a lock.
  • a gas stream removed from the lock is then suppliable to the flushing section of the treatment chamber for example as a flushing gas stream.
  • flushing section of the treatment chamber may be arranged downstream of at least one heating section of the treatment chamber, as seen in the conveying direction.
  • the flushing section of the treatment chamber may be arranged directly after at least one heating section of the treatment chamber, as seen in the conveying direction.
  • flushing section of the treatment chamber is arranged between at least two heating sections of the treatment chamber, as seen in the conveying direction.
  • the treatment chamber preferably includes at least one heating section, at least one cooling section for cooling the workpieces, and at least one flushing section.
  • At least one flushing section is preferably arranged between the at least one heating section and the at least one cooling section, as seen in the conveying direction.
  • heating section, the flushing section and/or the cooling section are selectively fluidically separable from one another and fluidically connectable to one another by means of one or more separating elements.
  • a separating element is in particular a mechanical separating element, for example a gate. Further, a separating element may for example be a separating element that operates by fluid mechanics, in particular an airlock.
  • the treatment installation includes a gas guide arrangement by means of which the gas stream that is supplied to a flushing section of the treatment chamber is suppliable, after it has flowed through the flushing section, to at least one heating section of the treatment chamber.
  • the gas stream that is supplied to a flushing section of the treatment chamber may be suppliable, after it has flowed through the flushing section, to a plurality of heating sections of the treatment chamber, in particular two heating sections.
  • the gas stream is preferably divisible after it has flowed through the flushing section, with the result that a respective partial gas stream is suppliable to the respective heating section of the treatment chamber.
  • the gas stream that is supplied to a flushing section of the treatment chamber is suppliable, after it has flowed through the flushing section, to at least one heating section of the treatment chamber at an end of the heating section that is facing away from a flushing section.
  • the gas stream that is supplied to a flushing section of the treatment chamber may be suppliable, after it has flowed through the flushing section, to two or more heating sections of the treatment chamber at the end of the respective heating section that is facing away from the flushing section.
  • the gas stream then flows through the respective heating section preferably from an end of the heating section that is facing away from the flushing section to an end of the heating section that faces the flushing section.
  • the treatment installation includes a flushing device by means of which a heated gas stream is suppliable to a flushing section of the treatment chamber.
  • heated gas stream here should be understood to mean in particular a gas stream having a temperature higher than the ambient temperature.
  • a heated gas stream may be a gas stream removed from a cooling section of the treatment installation.
  • the treatment installation in particular the flushing device, for example a flushing module, to include a heating device for heating the gas stream.
  • the heating device may for example include an exhaust gas cleaning device, in particular a regenerative thermal oxidation plant. Further, exhaust heat from the treatment installation may be utilised to heat the gas stream.
  • a heating section includes at least one heating zone for heating up the workpieces and/or at least one holding zone in which an elevated temperature of the workpieces is maintainable.
  • each heating zone and/or each holding zone includes one or more circulating air modules for circulation of the gas stream that is guided in the respective heating zone and/or holding zone.
  • a heating section includes a plurality of heating zones and/or a plurality of holding zones, which each preferably include one or more circulating air modules.
  • a heating section may include at least one heating zone for heating up the workpieces and/or at least one holding zone in which an elevated temperature of the workpieces is maintainable, wherein preferably each heating zone and/or each holding zone includes a separate heating device and/or a separate heat exchanger for heating the gas stream that is guided in the respective heating zone and/or holding zone.
  • the treatment installation includes at least one heating section, at least one flushing section and at least one cooling section, wherein the at least one heating section and/or the at least one flushing section are arranged above the at least one cooling section in relation to the direction of gravity.
  • a heating section and/or a flushing section of the treatment installation are arranged entirely above the cooling section.
  • the treatment installation may for example include a lifting device by means of which the workpieces are liftable to a level of the heating section and/or the flushing section and/or are lowerable to a level of the cooling section.
  • the lifting device may for example form or include a lock and/or a flushing section of the treatment installation.
  • a lock chamber or flushing chamber that is separable from the heating section and/or the cooling section is then preferably delimited and/or sealed by a base plate of the lifting device and/or a lateral dividing wall.
  • the lateral dividing wall preferably separates the lock chamber from the heating section.
  • the base plate preferably separates the lock chamber from the cooling section.
  • the treatment installation may include at least one gas supply by means of which a gas stream is directable at least approximately perpendicular to an entry plane of an entry opening in a workpiece and into an interior of the workpiece.
  • the entry opening is in particular an access to the interior, for example an opening in a workpiece taking the form of a vehicle body, wherein the opening serves for example to receive a windscreen or rear screen.
  • the workpieces are preferably receivable by means of the conveying device and conveyable through at least one heating section, at least one flushing section and/or at least one cooling section of the treatment chamber such that a longitudinal direction of the workpieces is oriented transversely, in particular substantially perpendicular, to the conveying direction.
  • a vehicle longitudinal axis of workpieces that take the form of vehicle bodies is oriented transversely, preferably perpendicular, to the conveying direction.
  • the treatment installation is preferably a drying installation for drying vehicle bodies.
  • an exhaust gas stream from a cooling section of the treatment installation may be used as the flushing gas stream.
  • a heated flushing gas stream can be provided in an energy-efficient manner, since the gas guided through the cooling section takes up heat from the workpieces to be cooled.
  • a lock is preferably a section of the treatment installation that is different from a flushing section.
  • An isolating gas stream preferably flows through a lock.
  • the isolating gas stream flows through the lock preferably at least approximately in the direction of gravity from top to bottom, or from bottom to top.
  • the isolating gas stream preferably forms an angle of at least approximately 30°, in particular at least approximately 40°, for example approximately 50°, with the horizontal.
  • the isolating gas stream is removed and/or sucked away from the lock, preferably in a base section of the lock.
  • an isolating gas stream that is guided through the lock is re-used after it has flowed through the lock, in particular being supplied to a flushing section of the treatment installation as a flushing gas stream.
  • an isolating gas stream for a lock may be supplied to the workpieces, after it has flowed through the lock, as a flushing gas stream and to be guided through them.
  • the flushing gas stream that is supplied to the workpieces preferably includes a content of at least approximately 30%, in particular at least approximately 40%, for example at least approximately 50%, of isolating gas of the isolating gas stream.
  • the flushing gas stream that is supplied to the workpieces may include a content of preferably at most approximately 80%, in particular at most approximately 70%, of isolating gas of the isolating gas stream.
  • the isolating gas stream is preferably at least partly or entirely a stream of fresh air and/or a gas stream that is removed from a heating section or cooling section of the treatment installation.
  • the workpieces are preferably first guided through at least one heating section of the treatment chamber and then flushed with a flushing gas stream. After the flushing, the workpieces are preferably supplied to at least one further heating section of the treatment chamber and/or at least one cooling section of the treatment chamber.
  • the workpieces may be supplied, after the flushing, for the workpieces first to be supplied to a further heating section and then to a cooling section, or alternatively to the cooling section directly after the flushing.
  • a flushing section and at least one heating section and/or at least one cooling section may be fluidically separated from one another by means of one or more separating elements in order to perform a flushing procedure.
  • a clocked operation of a flushing device and/or the conveying device is provided such that the workpieces are preferably suppliable to the flushing section successively, individually or in discrete groups.
  • a gas stream in particular a heated gas stream (hot gas stream), a flushing gas stream and/or a cooling gas stream is directed in a direction running substantially perpendicular to an entry opening in a workpiece and into an interior of the workpiece.
  • a gas stream in particular a heated gas stream (hot gas stream)
  • a flushing gas stream and/or a cooling gas stream is directed in a direction running substantially perpendicular to an entry opening in a workpiece and into an interior of the workpiece.
  • a workpiece interior in particular a body interior
  • a flushing device preferably a workpiece interior, in particular a body interior
  • solvent escaping from a workpiece and/or other readily volatile coating components, sealing components and/or adhesive components are removable from the workpiece interior.
  • workpieces of different types and/or sizes can be conveyed through the treatment chamber by means of the conveying device.
  • At least one inlet opening for supplying gas to the treatment chamber preferably includes a nozzle or is formed by a nozzle.
  • At least one inlet opening for supplying gas to the treatment chamber includes a jet nozzle or is formed by a jet nozzle.
  • a jet nozzle preferably includes a nozzle inlet and a nozzle outlet, wherein the nozzle outlet preferably has a larger cross sectional surface than the nozzle inlet, and/or wherein preferably a continuously divergent, in particular continuously increasingly divergent, gas guiding section is provided between the nozzle inlet and the nozzle outlet.
  • the jet nozzle includes a flow shaping element, for example in the form of a central body.
  • the central body is arranged in the region of the nozzle outlet of the nozzle, preferably centrally in relation to a plane oriented perpendicular to the direction of flow in the nozzle.
  • the central body is substantially conical and takes a form that widens in the direction of flow.
  • the nozzle and/or the central body are preferably formed and/or arranged to be rotationally symmetrical about a common axis of rotation.
  • a nozzle may have a cross sectional shape that is for example rectangular, round, oval or elongate.
  • the nozzle is arranged to be movable in respect of its position and/or orientation on a wall, in particular a dividing wall, side wall, base wall and/or top wall, of a housing that delimits the treatment chamber.
  • a wall in particular a dividing wall, side wall, base wall and/or top wall, of a housing that delimits the treatment chamber.
  • planar sheets and/or slots may be provided in the respective wall in order that the position and/or orientation of the at least one nozzle can be adjusted.
  • inlet openings are closable by means of cover elements, in particular flaps.
  • more uniform heating and/or cooling of the workpieces is produced by turbulent flow in the respective workpiece interior.
  • reduced flow against the conveying device is produced, as a result of which it is possible for less dirt to be discharged from a conveyor chain of the conveying device or another conveying element of the conveying device.
  • preferably locally increased flow rates can be obtained in order to achieve a preferred level of flow against the workpieces.
  • the flushing device and/or a lock may for example include one or more separating elements that are formed by a hinged gate, a roll-up gate or a lifting gate.
  • a respective separating element may be arranged upstream and/or downstream of the workpiece that is to be treated, as seen in the conveying direction, in order to enclose the workpiece during the flushing procedure and/or the passage through the lock.
  • a mechanical separation (mechanical separating element) of the heating section may be dispensed with.
  • a final module which forms a heating zone or holding zone, takes the form of a flushing module.
  • a flushing module of this kind is in particular operable in a fresh air/exhaust air operation.
  • a gas in a cooling section of the treatment device is preferably solvent-free.
  • An exhaust gas stream that is removed from the cooling section is thus preferably re-usable in the treatment installation, for example as a gas stream to be supplied to a heating section and/or flushing section.
  • the conveying device includes a chain conveyor.
  • a conveyor chain is preferably integrated in a base of the housing that surrounds the treatment chamber, in particular being let into it.
  • the workpieces are for example arranged and/or received on the conveying device by means of a respective skid.
  • a skid for receiving one or more workpieces is arrangeable on the conveying device and conveyable by means thereof such that longitudinal axes of skid runners of the skid are oriented substantially parallel to the conveying direction.
  • a skid for receiving one or more workpieces to be arrangeable on the conveying device and conveyable by means thereof such that longitudinal axes of skid runners of the skid are oriented transversely, in particular substantially perpendicular, to the conveying direction.
  • one or more workpieces are arrangeable on a skid and receivable on the conveying device by means of the skid and/or are conveyable by means of the conveying device such that a workpiece longitudinal axis is oriented parallel or transversely, in particular substantially perpendicular, to longitudinal axes of skid runners of the skid and/or parallel or transversely, in particular substantially perpendicular, to the conveying direction.
  • a lower edge of a skid is preferably located on or just above a base level of the treatment chamber.
  • the conveying device is a combination of a skid conveying device and a conveying device without skids.
  • a skid conveying device and a conveying device without skids it may be provided for the treatment installation to include a transfer device for transferring the workpieces from a skid onto a conveying device without skids.
  • the treatment installation includes one or more dummy modules that form sections of the treatment chamber but are not heated and are not provided with inlet openings or outlet openings. As a result, in particular a more uniform application of the heat is achievable.
  • the treatment installation may be provided for the treatment installation to include a centralised or higher-level heating device.
  • a hot gas line may be provided by means of which hot gas (heated gas) is suppliable from the heating device to the circulating air devices and/or flushing gas devices.
  • One or more circulating air devices and/or one or more flushing gas devices preferably each include one or more heat exchangers to which there is suppliable on the one hand a gas stream to be supplied to the treatment chamber and on the other a hot gas stream, in particular a hot gas stream coming from the heating device.
  • a gas stream to be supplied to the treatment chamber is preferably heatable indirectly.
  • the heating device may for example be a thermal exhaust gas cleaning device, in particular for cleaning exhaust gas removed from the treatment chamber.
  • a desired heating effect may be established in a targeted manner, in particular controlled and/or regulated, in the individual circulating air devices and/or flushing gas devices by suitable valves and/or flaps.
  • the treatment installation preferably further includes the following: a treatment chamber that includes a plurality of treatment chamber sections, each of which is associated with one of a plurality of separate circulating air modules of the treatment installation;
  • a heating installation that preferably includes a self-contained heating gas guide arrangement, wherein a plurality of circulating air modules are coupled to the heating gas guide arrangement, in particular for the purpose of heating the gas guided through the treatment chamber sections.
  • the treatment installation preferably includes a heating installation having a self-contained heating gas guide arrangement that is coupled to the circulating air modules, the gas to be supplied to the treatment chamber sections is heatable simply and efficiently.
  • the treatment installation may preferably be operated in a particularly energy-efficient manner.
  • the heating gas guide arrangement preferably takes the form of a closed ring, with the result that at least a partial gas stream of a heating gas stream that is guided in the heating gas guide arrangement flows through the heating gas guide arrangement multiple times.
  • the heating gas is preferably untreated gas and/or clean gas that is suitable and/or provided for use in the treatment chamber, that is to say for flowing through the treatment chamber.
  • the heating gas is preferably at a temperature that is higher than that of the gas stream in the circulating air modules and/or treatment chamber sections.
  • the heating gas is not an exhaust gas of a heating device of the heating installation, and in particular is not combustion exhaust gas.
  • self-contained heating gas guide arrangement should be understood to mean in particular a heating gas guide arrangement in which at least some of the heating gas stream is guided in a circuit. Independently thereof, it is preferably possible even with a self-contained heating gas guide arrangement for a continuous or phased supply of fresh gas to be provided to the heating gas stream and/or for heating gas to be removed from the heating gas stream.
  • a supply of fresh gas and a removal of heating gas are preferably of a size such that, on a single pass of the heating gas stream through the heating gas guide arrangement, at least 40%, preferably at least approximately 50%, in particular at least approximately 80%, for example at least approximately 90%, of the heating gas stream that passes a particular point on the heating gas guide arrangement returns to this point again after the pass is complete.
  • the supply of fresh gas and/or the removal of heating gas from the heating gas stream is preferably performed exclusively in the treatment chamber sections and/or the circulating air modules of the treatment installation.
  • a fresh gas supply and/or an exhaust gas removal arrangement may be associated with the heating installation and, by means of these, for fresh gas to be supplied and heating gas to be removed from the heating gas stream in an area outside the treatment chamber sections and/or outside the circulating air modules.
  • the circulating air modules and/or the treatment chamber sections are preferably a constituent part of the heating gas guide arrangement.
  • the heating gas is at least in part preferably guidable through the treatment chamber sections multiple times before it (again) flows through the part of the heating gas guide arrangement that is located outside the circulating air modules and/or outside the treatment chamber sections.
  • the heating gas guide arrangement may include a circulating air guide that in certain regions is formed by a plurality of parallel circulating air modules and/or treatment chamber sections.
  • a gas stream is guidable in the circulating air modules and/or treatment chamber sections in a circulating air circuit to which heating gas is suppliable from the heating gas guide arrangement.
  • a partial gas stream of the gas stream of each circulating air module and/or treatment chamber section that is guided in the circuit is removable from the circulating air module and/or treatment chamber section, is guidable in a closed circuit by means of the heating gas guide arrangement, and finally is suppliable again, as part of the heating gas stream, to one or more circulating air modules and/or treatment chamber sections.
  • a supply of heat to the individual circulating air devices and/or flushing gas devices may preferably be direct, in particular through the direct supply of heating gas, or indirect, in particular by the transfer of heat from a heating gas or hot gas to the gas stream to be supplied to the treatment chamber.
  • the heating gas may be coupled thermally, for example by means of a heat exchanger, to a hot gas of the heating device, in particular an exhaust gas of the heating device, in order to transfer heat from the hot gas, in particular the exhaust gas of the heating device, to the heating gas.
  • FIG. 1 shows a schematic illustration of the mode of operation of a first embodiment of a treatment installation for treating workpieces
  • FIG. 2 shows a schematic perspective illustration, partly in section, of a second embodiment of a treatment installation
  • FIG. 3 shows a further schematic perspective sectional illustration of the treatment installation from FIG. 2 ;
  • FIG. 4 shows a further schematic perspective sectional illustration of the treatment installation from FIG. 2 ;
  • FIG. 5 shows a horizontal section through the treatment installation from FIG. 2 ;
  • FIG. 6 shows an oblique section through the treatment installation from FIG. 2 ;
  • FIG. 7 shows a horizontal section through a plurality of modules of the treatment installation from FIG. 2 ;
  • FIG. 8 shows a schematic vertical section through the treatment installation from FIG. 2 , wherein a workpiece is arranged in a treatment chamber of the treatment installation;
  • FIG. 9 shows a schematic illustration of the treatment installation from FIG. 2 , corresponding to FIG. 8 , wherein a workpiece of a different shape and/or size is arranged in the treatment chamber;
  • FIG. 10 shows a schematic perspective illustration of inlet openings and an outlet opening in the treatment installation and a workpiece to be treated
  • FIG. 11 shows a schematic vertical section through a treatment installation in which transverse conveying and a gas supply through a top wall are provided;
  • FIG. 12 shows a schematic vertical section through a treatment installation in which transverse conveying and a gas supply through a vertical side wall are provided;
  • FIG. 13 shows a schematic vertical section through a treatment installation, wherein transverse conveying and a gas supply through a dividing wall that is adapted to the contour are provided;
  • FIG. 14 shows a schematic vertical section through a treatment installation, wherein transverse conveying and a horizontal gas supply to a lower front region of the workpiece are provided;
  • FIG. 15 shows a schematic vertical section through a treatment installation, wherein transverse conveying and three inlet openings for the gas supply through a base wall of the treatment installation are provided;
  • FIG. 16 shows a schematic vertical section through a treatment installation, wherein transverse conveying and a removal of gas through an outlet opening arranged in the base wall are provided;
  • FIG. 17 shows a schematic vertical section through a treatment installation, wherein transverse conveying and a removal of gas through an outlet opening arranged in a side wall are provided;
  • FIG. 18 shows a schematic vertical section through a treatment installation, wherein transverse conveying and a lateral removal of gas in the conveying direction are provided;
  • FIG. 19 shows a schematic vertical section through a treatment installation, wherein transverse conveying and a gas supply and a gas removal arrangement are provided such that there is a substantially diagonal flow through the treatment chamber;
  • FIG. 20 shows a schematic vertical section through a treatment installation, wherein longitudinal conveying and a gas supply according to the embodiment in FIG. 11 are provided;
  • FIG. 21 shows a schematic vertical section through a treatment installation, wherein longitudinal conveying and a gas supply according to the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 15 are provided;
  • FIG. 22 shows a schematic vertical section through a treatment installation, wherein longitudinal conveying and a gas removal arrangement according to the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 16 are provided;
  • FIG. 23 shows a schematic vertical section through a treatment installation, wherein longitudinal conveying and a lateral removal of gas that is directed perpendicular to the conveying direction are provided;
  • FIG. 24 shows a schematic vertical section through a treatment installation, wherein longitudinal conveying and a gas supply according to the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 19 are provided;
  • FIG. 25 shows a schematic perspective, partly transparent illustration of a cascaded gas guide arrangement
  • FIG. 26 shows a schematic illustration of an alternative embodiment of a gas guide arrangement of the treatment installation
  • FIG. 27 shows a schematic illustration of a further alternative embodiment of a gas guide arrangement of the treatment installation
  • FIG. 28 shows a schematic plan view of a conveying device that includes a transfer device
  • FIG. 29 shows a schematic plan view of a conveying device in which two transfer devices are provided
  • FIG. 30 shows a schematic plan view of a further embodiment of a conveying device, in which two rotation devices are provided;
  • FIG. 31 shows a schematic side view of a further embodiment of a conveying device, in which a rotation device, a lifting device and a transfer device are provided.
  • FIG. 32 shows a schematic plan view of a further alternative embodiment of a conveying device, in which a rotation device that is arranged in a treatment chamber is provided.
  • FIG. 1 An embodiment that is illustrated in FIG. 1 , of a treatment installation that is designated 100 as a whole, is for example a drying installation 102 for drying coated workpieces 104 .
  • the workpieces 104 are for example vehicle bodies 106 .
  • the coating is for example a paint.
  • the treatment installation 100 includes a housing 108 that surrounds a treatment chamber 110 .
  • the treatment chamber 110 serves to receive one or more workpieces 104 .
  • the workpieces 104 are conveyable through the treatment chamber 110 in a conveying direction 112 .
  • the treatment installation 100 includes in particular a conveying device 114 , for example a chain conveyor.
  • the workpieces 104 are arrangeable on the conveying device 114 and movable in the conveying direction 112 thereby, preferably by means of a skid or alternatively without skids.
  • the housing 108 includes two side walls 116 that are lateral as seen in the conveying direction 112 , a base wall 120 that is arranged at the bottom in relation to the direction 118 of gravity, and a top wall 122 that is arranged at the top in relation to the direction 118 of gravity.
  • the housing 108 in particular takes a substantially cuboid form.
  • a gas stream is preferably suppliable to the treatment chamber 110 .
  • the treatment installation 100 includes a gas supply 124 .
  • the gas supply 124 preferably includes a plurality of inlet openings 126 , which are arranged for example in a side wall 116 or a dividing wall 128 of the housing 108 , this dividing wall 128 to be explained below.
  • the treatment installation 100 preferably includes a gas removal arrangement 130 , which in particular includes a plurality of outlet openings 132 .
  • the outlet openings 132 may for example be arranged in a side wall 116 and/or in the base wall 120 .
  • the inlet openings 126 and the outlet openings 132 may also be in other positions, however.
  • the inlet openings 126 on the one hand and the outlet openings 132 on the other are preferably arranged on mutually opposing sides of the workpiece 104 .
  • the inlet openings 126 on the one hand and the outlet openings 132 on the other are arranged on mutually opposing sides of a workpiece transverse centre plane 134 , a vertical longitudinal centre plane 136 of the treatment chamber 110 and/or a diagonal plane 138 of the treatment chamber 110 .
  • the workpiece transverse centre plane 134 is in particular a plane that is oriented perpendicular to a workpiece longitudinal direction 140 and runs through a geometric centre point, arranged at mid-point as seen in the workpiece longitudinal direction 140 , or centre of gravity of the workpiece 104 .
  • the workpiece longitudinal direction 140 is in this case in particular a longitudinal direction of the vehicle in which a vehicle that includes the vehicle body 106 moves when it is travelling forward in a straight line.
  • the vertical longitudinal centre plane 136 of the treatment chamber 110 is preferably a plane that runs parallel to the conveying direction 112 and in the direction 118 of gravity.
  • the vertical longitudinal centre plane 136 intersects the treatment chamber 110 , preferably creating two semi-chambers 142 of the same size.
  • it may be provided for the vertical longitudinal centre plane 136 to run through a geometric centre of the treatment chamber 110 , in particular in relation to a maximum or average horizontal transverse extent of the treatment chamber 110 in a direction running horizontally and perpendicular to the conveying direction 112 .
  • the treatment installation 100 preferably includes a housing 108 whereof the interior 144 is divided into two.
  • the interior 144 is divided by means of the dividing wall 128 into on the one hand the treatment chamber 110 and on the other a distributor chamber 146 of a distributor device 148 of the treatment installation 100 .
  • the dividing wall 128 preferably runs parallel to the conveying direction 112 and is preferably adapted, at least in certain regions, to a contour of the workpiece 104 .
  • the dividing wall 128 includes a vertical section 150 , which extends in the vertical direction 118 in front of a vehicle front 152 of the workpiece 104 that takes the form of a vehicle body 106 .
  • the dividing wall 128 may include a horizontal section 154 , which extends substantially horizontally and at least approximately along a front hood 156 of the workpiece 104 that takes the form of a vehicle body 106 .
  • the dividing wall 128 may include an oblique section 158 , which is oriented obliquely to the direction 118 of gravity and runs at least approximately parallel to an A pillar 160 of the workpiece 104 that takes the form of a vehicle body 106 .
  • a dividing wall 128 may further be provided such that it is adapted to the contour of a vehicle rear 162 of the workpiece 104 that takes the form of a vehicle body 106 .
  • the vertical section 150 of the dividing wall 128 in that case runs in the vertical direction along the vehicle rear 162 .
  • the horizontal section 154 of the dividing wall 128 may extend at least approximately along a rear hood 164 of the workpiece 104 that takes the form of a vehicle body 106 .
  • the oblique section 158 of the dividing wall 128 in that case to run substantially parallel to a C pillar 166 of the workpiece 104 that takes the form of a vehicle body 106 .
  • a gas stream is flowable through the treatment chamber 110 , preferably substantially diagonally and transversely, in particular perpendicular, to the conveying direction 112 .
  • the inlet openings 126 and the outlet openings 132 are in this case preferably arranged such that the gas stream flows through a workpiece interior 168 preferably at least in certain regions in the workpiece longitudinal direction 140 .
  • an inlet opening 126 is provided in the oblique section 158 of the dividing wall 128 such that the gas stream flowing through this inlet opening 126 and into the treatment chamber 110 is directed into an entry opening 170 in the workpiece 104 .
  • the entry opening 170 is in particular an opening arranged between two A pillars 160 of the workpiece 104 that takes the form of a vehicle body 106 , for the arrangement of a front screen.
  • a gas stream is directable by means of the inlet openings 126 directly into the workpiece interior 168 .
  • One or more inlet openings 126 arranged in the vertical section 150 preferably serve to supply the gas stream to the vehicle front 152 in a substantially horizontal direction.
  • One or more exit openings 172 of the workpiece 104 are preferably arranged in the region of the vehicle rear 162 .
  • the one or more outlet openings 132 are arranged in the regions of the side wall 116 and/or base wall 120 close to the vehicle rear 162 in order to be able to remove a gas stream from the workpiece 104 in a targeted manner, through the one or more exit openings 172 .
  • a gas stream is thus flowable from the front to the rear through the workpiece 104 , in particular the vehicle body 106 , preferably in the workpiece longitudinal direction 140 .
  • through flow may also be provided in the opposite direction.
  • the workpiece 104 As a result of the selected flow through the workpiece 104 , it is preferably possible to avoid the workpiece 104 , in particular the vehicle body 106 , being heated to an undesirably great extent in a roof region 174 . Moreover, as a result of this it is preferably possible to achieve uniform heat supply to the workpiece 104 .
  • the actual supply of heat is in particular performed by the transfer of heat from the supplied gas stream to the workpiece 104 .
  • the gas stream is in particular a heated gas stream when it is supplied to the treatment chamber 110 through the inlet openings 126 .
  • the treatment installation 100 preferably includes a fan device 176 , a heating device 178 , a separation device 180 and/or one or more valves 182 .
  • the gas stream is drivable by means of the fan device 176 .
  • the gas stream is preferably heatable directly or indirectly by means of the heating device 178 .
  • the heating device 178 may in particular include a thermal exhaust gas cleaning device, a regenerative thermal oxidation device, an auxiliary burner, a micro gas turbine and/or another type of combustion device.
  • the separation device 180 preferably serves to remove contaminants from the gas stream, in particular in order to avoid an undesired action by contaminants on the coated workpiece 104 .
  • the separation device 180 is for example a filter device.
  • the one or more valves 182 preferably serve selectively to supply fresh air, to remove exhaust air and/or to guide the complete or partial circulation of air.
  • air is not necessarily used to designate the oxygen/nitrogen mixture in the atmosphere. Rather, and in an entirely general manner, any desired gas may be provided.
  • circulating air preferably merely designates guiding a gas stream in a closed circuit.
  • the treatment installation 100 includes a valve 182 that takes the form of a supply valve 184 .
  • a fresh air stream can be supplied by means of the supply valve 184 .
  • a removal valve 186 may be provided.
  • the removal valve 186 in particular the gas stream is removable and/or dischargeable to the environment.
  • the gas stream may preferably be guided in a circuit.
  • a predetermined quantity of gas is then guidable through the treatment chamber 110 multiple times.
  • valves 182 By positioning the valves 182 suitably, it is further possible to provide a regular gas supply and regular gas removal in order always to replace at least some of the gas guided through the treatment chamber 110 . In particular, this can have the effect of preventing an undesirably high concentration of pollutants.
  • An efficient gas supply is in particular possible if the partial gas streams that are removed through the outlet openings 132 are merged for example by means of a collecting device 190 , in particular a collecting duct 192 , and are then forwarded together.
  • the collecting duct 192 may in particular also be a removal duct 194 .
  • the merged partial gas streams are preferably forwardable together, in particular being suppliable to the removal valve 186 and dischargeable to the environment or, in particular by way of the fan device 176 , suppliable to the treatment chamber 110 again.
  • valves 182 are adjusted such that at least a large proportion of the gas stream that is guided through the treatment chamber 110 is guided in a circulating air circuit, the part of the treatment installation 100 that is illustrated in FIG. 1 is a circulating air module 196 .
  • the part of the treatment installation 100 that is illustrated in FIG. 1 is preferably a flushing module 198 .
  • the treatment installation 100 that is illustrated in FIG. 1 functions in particular as follows:
  • a gas stream is introduced into the distributor chamber 146 and is there supplied to the inlet openings 126 .
  • the gas stream then passes through the inlet openings 126 and into the treatment chamber 110 .
  • the inlet openings 126 are for example arranged and/or take a form such that the gas stream can flow, for example in the form of a plurality of partial gas streams, in a targeted manner into the workpiece interior 168 of the workpiece 104 .
  • the gas stream then flows through the workpiece interior 168 , at least approximately in the workpiece longitudinal direction 140 , and is then removed from the treatment chamber 110 through the outlet openings 132 .
  • the workpieces 104 are guided through the treatment chamber 110 in the conveying direction 112 , in particular such that the workpiece longitudinal direction 140 is oriented perpendicular to the conveying direction 112 .
  • a clocked conveying of the workpieces 104 is provided, with the result that they are stopped at regular intervals in preferred holding positions in relation to the inlet openings 126 and outlet openings 132 .
  • this can ensure the preferred flow or flushing through the workpieces 104 .
  • a second embodiment of a treatment installation 100 substantially corresponds, as regards its structure and functioning, to the treatment installation 100 according to the first embodiment, which is illustrated in FIG. 1 .
  • the treatment installation 100 includes a plurality of modules, for example circulating air modules 196 , which are arranged such that they succeed one another in the conveying direction 112 .
  • three circulating air modules 196 are provided, each of which forms a heating zone 200 of the treatment chamber 110 .
  • three further circulating air modules 196 form for example three holding zones 202 of the treatment chamber 110 .
  • cooling zones may be formed by further circulating air modules 196 .
  • a heating zone 200 serves in particular to supply heat to the workpiece 104 such that the latter is heated.
  • Heat is preferably supplied in the holding zone 202 such that an already prevailing temperature of the workpiece 104 is kept constant.
  • the heating zones 200 and the holding zones 202 together preferably form a heating section 204 of the treatment chamber 110 .
  • this heating section 204 a large part of the procedure for converting the coating on the workpiece 104 to a condition in which the coating is stable over the long term takes place in this heating section 204 .
  • this comprises a curing of paint and/or an evaporation of solvents.
  • each module in particular each circulating air module 196 , preferably includes a separate circulating air device 206 for driving a circulating air gas stream in the respective circulating air module 196 .
  • Each circulating air device 206 preferably includes a fan device 176 , a heating device 178 , a separation device 180 and/or one or more valves 182 , in particular a supply valve 184 , a removal valve 186 and/or a circulating air valve 188 .
  • the circulating air device 206 is in particular docked onto a side wall 116 of the housing 108 of the treatment installation 100 , in particular of the respective circulating air module 196 .
  • a side wall 116 of the housing 108 preferably at the same time forms a side wall 116 of the respective circulating air device 206 .
  • simple through openings in the side wall 116 are in that case sufficient to make a fluid connection between the respective circulating air device 206 and the associated section of the treatment chamber 110 and/or the respective distributor chamber 146 .
  • the heating device 178 may for example be a centralised heating device 178 , in which a plurality of heat exchangers 179 serve for heat transfer in the individual circulating air modules 196 , while the actual heat generation (heating power) takes place in a centralised heating device 178 , for example a thermal exhaust gas cleaning device 181 .
  • the circulating air devices 206 are connected to one another and to the thermal exhaust gas cleaning device 181 for example by means of a hot gas line 183 (see FIG. 4 ), with the result that hot gas generated in the thermal exhaust gas cleaning device 181 is suppliable in a targeted manner, in particular in a controlled and/or regulated manner, to the individual heat exchangers 179 in the circulating air devices 206 .
  • the hot gas that is generated in the thermal exhaust gas cleaning device 181 is in particular exhaust gas from the thermal exhaust gas cleaning device 181 .
  • This exhaust gas is in particular a cleaned exhaust gas, so it is also designated a clean gas.
  • the hot gas line 183 is thus in particular also a clean gas line 185 .
  • the gas to be supplied to the treatment chamber 110 is preferably indirectly heatable by means of the heat exchangers 179 .
  • the workpieces 104 may for example be provided for the workpieces 104 to be received by means of a respective skid 208 .
  • the treatment installation 100 is in this case preferably suitable for selectively treating workpieces 104 of different types and/or sizes (see in particular FIGS. 8 and 9 ).
  • the workpieces 104 are preferably always positionable such that the inlet openings 126 arranged in the oblique section 158 of the dividing wall 128 are always directed though an entry opening 170 and into the workpiece interior 168 .
  • FIGS. 2 to 10 corresponds, as regards its structure and functioning, to the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 1 , so in this respect reference is made to the description thereof above.
  • FIGS. 11 to 24 illustrate different embodiments of treatment installations 100 that differ from one another and from the embodiments above substantially only as regards the arrangement of the inlet openings 126 , the outlet openings 132 , the dividing wall 128 and/or the conveying device 114 .
  • FIGS. 11 to 19 illustrate embodiments of treatment installations 100 in which transverse conveying is provided.
  • a transverse conveying of this kind there is provided in particular conveying by means of the conveying device 114 such that the workpiece longitudinal direction 140 is oriented transversely, in particular perpendicular, to the conveying direction 112 .
  • longitudinal conveying is provided.
  • the workpiece longitudinal direction 140 is oriented parallel to the conveying direction 112 .
  • FIGS. 11 to 15, 20 and 21 show different variants for supplying a gas stream to the treatment chamber 110 .
  • FIGS. 16 to 18, 22 and 23 show different variants for removing the gas stream from the treatment chamber 110 .
  • FIGS. 19 and 24 show examples of complete through flow, in particular together with a variant of gas supply and a variant of gas removal, wherein the gas stream flows through a workpiece 104 that takes the form for example of a vehicle body 106 in the workpiece longitudinal direction 140 , from rear to front.
  • a supply of the gas stream on one side of the workpiece 104 and a removal of the gas stream on a further side of the workpiece 104 , opposite to this side, is provided.
  • At least one inlet opening 126 is provided in a top wall 122 of the housing 108 .
  • the inlet opening 126 takes a form such that a gas stream flowing therethrough can flow through the entry opening 170 and into the workpiece interior 168 of the workpiece 104 .
  • an oblique supply of the gas stream is provided in an upper region of a vertical side wall 116 , in relation to the direction 118 of gravity.
  • the gas stream meets the front hood 156 of the workpiece 104 in particular obliquely from above and is then supplied to the entry opening 170 of the workpiece interior 168 .
  • At least one inlet opening 126 that is arranged in the oblique section 158 of a dividing wall 128 is provided.
  • an inlet opening 126 that is arranged in a lower region of a vertical side wall 116 , in relation to the direction 118 of gravity, is provided.
  • three inlet openings 126 that are arranged distributed in the workpiece longitudinal direction 140 are provided in the base wall 120 .
  • the gas stream is flowable through the workpiece 104 in particular in opposition to the direction 118 of gravity, from bottom to top.
  • an outlet opening 132 is provided in the region of the vehicle rear 162 , in the base wall 120 of the housing 108 .
  • At least one outlet opening 132 is provided in the region of the vehicle rear 162 , in the side wall 116 .
  • gas removal is provided in a direction running parallel to the conveying direction 112 , in particular to one or both sides of the workpiece 104 in relation to the workpiece longitudinal direction 140 .
  • outlet openings 132 are provided in the region of the vehicle rear 162 .
  • an inlet opening 126 is provided in the top wall 122 such that a gas stream is directed into an entry opening 170 between two C pillars 166 of the workpiece 104 , which takes the form of a vehicle body 106 .
  • the gas stream that is guided through the workpiece interior 168 is removable from the treatment chamber 110 in a lower region of a vertical side wall 116 , in relation to the direction 118 of gravity, through an outlet opening 132 that is arranged there.
  • the gas supply according to FIG. 20 corresponds to that from FIG. 11 .
  • the gas supply according to FIG. 21 corresponds to that from FIG. 15 .
  • the gas removal according to FIG. 22 corresponds to that from FIG. 16 .
  • the gas removal according to FIG. 23 corresponds to that from FIG. 18 .
  • the flow through the workpiece 104 according to FIG. 19 is likewise provided in the variant according to FIG. 24 .
  • the direction in which the gas stream flows in is adapted to the one or more entry openings 170 in the workpieces 104 , if there were continuous conveying of the workpieces 104 the result would be for example a greatly overheated roof region 174 .
  • the workpieces 104 are preferably conveyed in clocked manner by means of the conveying direction 114 and in particular are stopped in preferred holding positions, as illustrated for example in FIG. 24 .
  • a further embodiment of a treatment installation 100 differs from the first embodiment illustrated for example in FIG. 1 substantially in that the treatment installation 100 includes a lock 210 .
  • the treatment installation 100 includes a circulating air module 196 and a flushing module 198 .
  • the circulating air module 196 , the flushing module 198 and the lock 210 to be arranged such that they succeed one another in this order in the conveying direction 112 .
  • the treatment installation 100 preferably includes a gas guide arrangement such that unpolluted gas, for example a fresh air stream, is suppliable to the lock 210 .
  • the lock 210 is in particular an airlock.
  • Gas that is guided through the lock 210 is preferably suppliable to the flushing module 198 by means of the gas guide arrangement of the treatment installation 100 .
  • the gas stream in the flushing module 198 is guided through the treatment chamber 110 , in particular the workpiece interior 168 , as a flushing gas stream in order to remove contaminants that were previously therein as completely as possible and to take them out of the workpiece interior 168 and/or the treatment chamber 110 .
  • the contaminants are in particular solvent vapours.
  • the flushing gas stream that is removed from the flushing module 198 may preferably be re-used. For example, it may at least in part be added to a circulating air module 196 as incoming air. Further, supply to an exhaust gas cleaning device (not illustrated) may also be provided.
  • FIG. 25 preferably corresponds, as regards its structure and functioning, to the first embodiment illustrated in FIG. 1 , so in this respect reference is made to the description thereof above.
  • a further embodiment of a treatment installation 100 differs from the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 25 substantially in that the treatment installation 100 includes, alongside a heating section 204 formed by one or more circulating air modules 196 , a flushing section 212 , formed for example by a flushing module 198 , and a cooling section 214 .
  • two locks 210 are provided, wherein one lock 210 separates the heating section 204 from the flushing section 212 .
  • the further lock 210 separates the flushing section 212 from the cooling section 214 .
  • the heating section 204 , one lock 210 , the flushing section 212 , the further lock 210 and the cooling section 214 are preferably arranged to succeed one another in this order in relation to the conveying direction 112 .
  • the treatment installation 100 that is illustrated in FIG. 26 preferably includes a gas supply, in which a fresh air gas stream is suppliable to a lock 210 or to the flushing section 212 .
  • a flushing gas stream that is guided through the flushing section 212 is preferably supplied to the heating section 204 .
  • a supply is provided at an end 216 of the heating section 204 that is facing away from the flushing section 212 .
  • Removal of the gas stream that is guided through the heating section 204 is preferably performed at an end 218 of the heating section 204 that faces the flushing section 212 .
  • FIG. 26 corresponds, as regards its structure and functioning, to that illustrated in FIG. 25 and/or one of the embodiments illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 24 , so in this respect reference is made to the description thereof above.
  • FIG. 27 An embodiment of a treatment installation 100 that is illustrated in FIG. 27 differs from the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 26 substantially in that the treatment installation 100 includes two heating sections 204 between which a flushing section 212 that is separated by means of two locks 210 is arranged.
  • a further lock 210 is preferably arranged between the heating section 204 that is at the rear, in relation to the conveying direction 112 , and the cooling section 214 .
  • the flushing gas stream that is guided through the flushing section 212 is divided and for each partial gas stream to be supplied to an end 216 of a respective heating section 204 that is facing away from the flushing section 212 .
  • flow through the front heating section 204 is preferably in the conveying direction 112
  • flow through the rear heating section 204 is preferably in opposition to the conveying direction 112
  • the part of the treatment installation 100 that is at the front as seen in the conveying direction 112 is enriched in particular with solvent, in particular upstream of the flushing section 212 .
  • FIG. 27 corresponds, as regards its structure and functioning, to the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 26 , so in this respect reference is made to the description thereof above.
  • FIGS. 28 to 32 Different variants of conveying devices 114 are illustrated in FIGS. 28 to 32 .
  • the conveying devices 114 are here provided for conveying the workpieces 104 along an overall conveying line 220 .
  • This overall conveying line 220 preferably extends through all the sections of the treatment installation 100 , in particular through the heating section 204 , a flushing section 212 and/or a cooling section 214 , or through a plurality of the said sections 204 , 212 , 214 .
  • the conveying device 114 In the embodiment of a conveying device 114 that is illustrated in FIG. 28 , it is provided for the conveying device 114 to include a transfer device 222 .
  • a connection is in particular producible between two partial conveying lines 224 of the overall conveying line 220 , which meet for example at an angle of 90°.
  • the transfer device 222 By means of the transfer device 222 , it is in particular possible to pass on the workpieces 104 from one partial conveying line 224 to the further partial conveying line 224 such that the workpieces 104 maintain their global rotational orientation unchanged in relation to the treatment installation 100 .
  • a transverse conveying is produced in the region of the second partial conveying line 224 b with an unchanged rotational orientation of the workpieces 104 .
  • a conveying device 114 according to the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 28 is particularly suitable if there is a need to pass through a lock 210 having the smallest possible cross section but thereafter a transverse conveying is preferred.
  • An embodiment of a conveying device 114 that is illustrated in FIG. 29 differs from the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 28 substantially in that three partial conveying lines 224 and two transfer devices 222 are provided.
  • the conveying device 114 in this case in particular initially transverse conveying of the workpieces 104 is transferable to a longitudinal conveying thereof, for example in order to guide them through a lock 210 . Thereafter, the workpieces 104 are in particular transferable once again in order to enable a further transverse conveying.
  • FIG. 29 corresponds, as regards its structure and functioning, to the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 28 , so in this respect reference is made to the description thereof above.
  • a conveying device 114 may include substantially two conveying devices 114 according to the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 29 , which are arranged and take a form such that the workpieces 104 are initially laterally displaceable and thereafter are movable back to an original straight line in which they are conveyed.
  • a further embodiment of a conveying device 114 that is illustrated in FIG. 30 differs from the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 28 substantially in that the conveying device 114 includes two rotation devices 226 .
  • the workpieces 104 are preferably rotatable about a vertical axis of rotation 228 .
  • a global rotational orientation of the workpieces 104 in relation to the treatment installation 100 is thus variable, in particular without varying a general conveying direction 112 in two partial conveying lines 224 that are connected to one another by means of the respective rotation device 226 .
  • the workpieces 104 first of all to be conveyed in an orientation that is perpendicular to the conveying direction 112 , that is to say transverse conveying is provided.
  • a rotation device 226 a rotation of the workpieces 104 is then performed, preferably upstream of a lock 210 , in order to convert the transverse conveying to a longitudinal conveying.
  • the workpieces 104 are then guided through the lock 210 in this longitudinal orientation and thereafter are rotated once again by means of a further rotation device 226 in order ultimately to continue transverse conveying.
  • the conveying direction 112 does not change.
  • FIG. 30 preferably corresponds, as regards its structure and functioning, to the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 28 , so in this respect reference is made to the description thereof above.
  • An embodiment of a conveying device 114 that is illustrated in FIG. 31 differs from the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 28 substantially in that the conveying device 114 includes not only a rotation device 226 but also a transfer device 222 and a lifting device 230 .
  • This conveying device 114 is in particular usable in a treatment installation 100 that takes the form of a so-called A-type oven.
  • the treatment installation 100 includes a heating section 204 and/or a flushing section 212 that is arranged above, in particular entirely above, a cooling section 214 in relation to the direction 118 of gravity. As a result of this an undesired heat discharge from the heating section 204 can be avoided or at least reduced.
  • the workpieces 104 are conveyable through the heating section 204 , preferably along a first partial conveying line 224 , and suppliable to the flushing section 212 .
  • the flushing section 212 is separable from the heating section 204 and/or the cooling section 214 preferably by means of two mechanical separating elements 232 .
  • a separating element 232 may for example take the form of a roll-up gate or lifting gate that is introducible between the heating section 204 and the flushing section 212 .
  • a further separating element 232 is for example a base plate 234 of the lifting device 230 .
  • the base plate 234 closes off, downwards in relation to the direction 118 of gravity, in particular an interior of the flushing section 212 when the lifting device 230 is in a lifted position, for example in order to be able to receive workpieces 104 at the level of the heating section 204 .
  • a transfer device 222 may optionally be provided.
  • the workpieces 104 are lowerable by means of the lifting device 230 from the level of the heating section 204 to the level of the cooling section 214 and then, in particular by means of an optional transfer device 222 , are transferable to a further partial conveying line 224 .
  • a global rotational orientation of the workpieces 104 in relation to the treatment installation 100 may be varied by means of one or more rotation devices 226 .
  • a rotation device 226 may form an integrated handling device 236 .
  • the workpieces 104 may be provided in particular for the workpieces 104 , as they are lifted or lowered by means of the lifting device 230 , at the same time to be rotated about a vertical axis of rotation 228 .
  • a further rotation device 226 that is arranged for example in the cooling section 214 may further serve for optimised conveying of the workpieces 104 in this cooling section 214 .
  • FIG. 31 corresponds, as regards its structure and functioning, selectively to one or more of the embodiments described above, so in this respect reference is made to the description thereof above.
  • An embodiment of a conveying device 114 that is illustrated in FIG. 32 differs from the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 30 substantially in that only one rotation device 226 is provided.
  • a longitudinal conveying of the workpieces 104 is provided in order to enable the workpieces 104 to be guided through the lock 210 with the smallest possible cross section.
  • the longitudinal conveying is preferably transferable to a transverse conveying by means of the rotation device 226 .
  • FIG. 32 corresponds, as regards its structure and functioning, to the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 30 , so in this respect reference is made to the description thereof above.

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